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As - Tiberius

Issuer Ilici, City of
Year 14-37
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Currency As (after 42 BC)
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Reverse description A legionary aquila (eagle standard) displayed between two military signa, the composition arranged symmetrically in the field. The aquila is shown with spread wings atop its pole, flanked by the two standards with decorative discs. Below, the letters Q I I A T are inscribed, denoting the local civic magistrates' titles. The surrounding circular legend names the two duoviri quinquennales responsible for the issue: AT COELIVS PROCVLVS and M AEMILIVS SEVERVS.
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Ilici — modern Elche, in what is now the Valencia region of Spain — was a Roman colonial foundation, and its civic bronzes from the Tiberian period reflect a municipality eager to demonstrate loyalty to the new dynasty following Augustus's death in 14 AD. Colonial cities in Hispania retained the right to strike local aes coinage well into the first century, a privilege that Rome periodically curtailed and that Ilici exercised until issues from the region ceased entirely under Caligula.

The RPC I sequence places this among a tight cluster of Ilici emissions distinguished by subtle epigraphic variants in the duovir names recorded on the dies.

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